DNH here are some pics of my pallet racks. I use the 2tools to take oak pallets apart to use for the sides. Sometimes I shoot ring shank nails to hold sides or use deck screws. The wire on top to hold sides from spreading is from chain link fence. It's plastic covered and free. Always use sacrificial pallet underneath oak pallets. The pallets last a long time. My oldest are 8 or 9 years old and only 2 rotted too badly to be reused
Just went out and took these pics. Was covered by a foot of snow but all melted over last couple of days with rain and warm temps Empty pallets are from use this year waiting for warmer temps to refill. All pallets shown are what I split this past year. Will use tractor to move them around in spring. Still have a few more years before use
Nice picture! If I were to eat that kiwi after when it's finished its meal that would be a Kiwi eating the kiwi that ate the kiwi. Too bad they're protected. Not to mention rare, shy and nocturnal. Most (human) Kiwis have never seen a (bird) kiwi in the wild. Yes, the pipe arrangement has proved remarkably resilient and has survived several storms and high winds intact. Mild winters here, by world standards. Only a dozen or so days where temperature drops below freezing overnight, and only just. The wood burner (14kW) is in use about four months of the year. I work from home, so on the coldest days it might be started mid-afternoon. It just about heats the whole house (small three-bedroom). This is the one I've got.
Mike, I wish you lived next next door to me, we would defintely sharpen chains and trade stories together.
That would be nice! This forum allows us to be virtual neighbors though. I would love to live in NH. The second set of pics are all taken in my neighbor Charlie's yard. I maintain his yard and he allows me to process and store wood there.
Yeah.. I need to get a few quotes and consent from the neighbor to have the trees taken down to truly understand the financial impact. I know of a few tree services to reach out to. They are all red oaks. Guessing at least 30 in diameter at the base. Also guessing 60-70 feet tall. Sent from my SM-T280 using Tapatalk
Sweet, both my neighbors on both sides give me trees to cut down or cut up if they fall down. I hook them up with veggies and tool loans. I've lent them my splitter, they've lent me a snowblower when mine was down. Small town living is good.
Inside yes. I found a piece of birch in the cottage basement that was used for yule log making in the early 1980's in our cub scout troop. It was simply dry. If it was outside, then it'd be dirt by now.
If you were on a Kawasaki with a collie ( dog) , you'd be a kiwi, eating a kiwi, that ate the kiwi, while riding a kawi with his collie.
I went away from stacking on wood pallets. Wasn’t getting enough length out of them. I went to the landscape timber and cinder block method and couldn’t be happier. Don’t have to worry about rot and the wood is much higher off the ground giving more air circulation
Be on the watch for critters that like to take up residence under the elevated racks. I've had rabbits that I've relocated as the result of 2x4 on top of blocks. Rabbits like to munch my perennials to the ground. Not tolerated here in the least. Sent from my SM-T280 using Tapatalk
mikeward nice looking double stack! It looks like your actual wood volume is around 1/2 a rick per pallet. rebelduckman ive been stacking the pallets on landscaping timbers set on concrete blocks. Granted it helps having a FEL to move it around with.
DNH when I double stack the upper pallet is a little shorter in height 3'. The lower is 4'. This is mainly due the the green weight of the woodand lifting up 4 ft. If the pic has the red plastic on the bottom then it's all cherry. I always figure 3 pallets to a cord to be safe. MikeInMa when I started using pallets for firewood, just after I got my tractor, I had the bright idea if moving pallets directly into the garage. Seemed like a good idea, less handling of the wood and not far from the stove... Imagine my surprise when I got halfway into the first stack and found a couple of mouse nests ...... empty. That was the last time I did that! And that's our little secret, I never did tell my wife about it! Mike you are right the rabbits love to go under the pallets. It must be a real safe place for them. I see foot prints in the snow all around my stacks.
Yep. Tracks in the snow is what led me to set a trap nearby. Caught 2 of dem critters that way, no bait. Sent from my SM-T280 using Tapatalk
I use pallets because they are free. The wood ones are easy to make sides on. I only use oak pallets because they last a long time. If I get softwood pallets, I place them under the ones with wood and they do rot. BUT they protect the one above. I use these pallets to move wood around with forks on my tractor. I take oak pallets apart to use the boards and stringers for building sides panels. If you do this invest in tools like I show in the pic. It makes things so much simpler. I almost brained myself trying to do this by hand for a couple of years. Well worth the money!! If I want to stack a lot of loose wood, I place two wood filled pallets about 10' apart like bookends and fill between them with loose wood. Often I will use plastic pallets below loose wood and they last forever.
They work like a fancy custom made crowbar. Helps hold pallet down while prying. AND handle is long enough to keep your head away from getting hit when you slip. The blue one needs wider slats to get it under boards or you break one board to make room The other unpainted one is much thinner to fit between narrow gaps between slats. They work great and keep you from breaking slats do a google or amazon search for pallet dismantler
